WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Mohenjo-daro had a planned layout with rectilinear buildings arranged on a grid plan. Most were built of fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Sites were often raised, or built on man made hills. This could be to combat flooding in the nearby areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 2600 BC, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, major cities of the Indus Valley civilization, were built with blocks divided by a grid of straight streets, running north–south and east–west. Each block was subdivided by small lanes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Usually the houses built in the Harappan Civilization were one or two storeys high. Around the courtyard, the rooms were constructed. For water supply, houses had wells. Majority of the houses had separate bathing areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Streets: The roads and streets intersected at right angles, with covered drains along the road. Houses were built on either side of the roads and streets.

Detailed explanation-5: -A well-planned street grid and an elaborate drainage system hint that the occupants of the ancient Indus civilization city of Mohenjo Daro were skilled urban planners with a reverence for the control of water.